Consuming 1000 calorie aday. Is it too bad ?

Txgal555

This week I have put my calories limit to be 1000 but iam not really sticking to it. Maybe for 2 days and other 2 days will be in 1200/1300 range. Iam trying to eat healthy and focus on weight loss. My question here is how bad is it. I try to consume around 50_75 g of protein daily , carb less than 100g and fat is less than 39 gram but normally I go over it on fat intake.

SW 110.9
CW 104.9
1st GW 95

singingflutelady

How tall are you?

Txgal555

5.4

malibu927

Since you're already underweight, yes it's bad

LKArgh

Seek professional help. Your health is at risk by what you are doing and you cannot be healthy at your goal weight, no matter how you get there. Talk to a therapist.

Txgal555

Txgal555 wrote: »

This week I have put my calories limit to be 1000 but iam not really sticking to it. Maybe for 2 days and other 2 days will be in 1200/1300 range. Iam trying to eat healthy and focus on weight loss. My question here is how bad is it. I try to consume around 50_75 g of protein daily , carb less than 100g and fat is less than 39 gram but normally I go over it on fat intake.

SW 110.9
CW 104.9
1st GW 95

Sorry I forgot to mention. Weigh is in Kg not pound

girlinahat

Txgal555 wrote: »

Txgal555 wrote: »

This week I have put my calories limit to be 1000 but iam not really sticking to it. Maybe for 2 days and other 2 days will be in 1200/1300 range. Iam trying to eat healthy and focus on weight loss. My question here is how bad is it. I try to consume around 50_75 g of protein daily , carb less than 100g and fat is less than 39 gram but normally I go over it on fat intake.

SW 110.9
CW 104.9
1st GW 95

Sorry I forgot to mention. Weigh is in Kg not pound

1000 is too low a target. It might be okay for the odd day for someone like me who's only 5foot, but even I try and never have a day below 1100.

If you are finding you have more days when you eat 12/1300 then I would stick to that as your daily target. Not sure how your macros can add up though.

Good luck on the weight loss and great idea to have small interim goals. Have you taken measurements too? They are often a great way of seeing loss even if the scale is frustrating.

rosey35

I'm the same height as you started at a similar weight to you and started off eating 2000-2100 a day and lost weight while working out for 1 and 1/2 now down to 173lbs and get 1300 calories a day plus workout calories. If you start off with a low calorie where do you go when you plateau. You didn't get to your weight by struggling to eat. Why starve yourself now

Txgal555

rosey35 wrote: »

I'm the same height as you started at a similar weight to you and started off eating 2000-2100 a day and lost weight while working out for 1 and 1/2 now down to 173lbs and get 1300 calories a day plus workout calories. If you start off with a low calorie where do you go when you plateau. You didn't get to your weight by struggling to eat. Why starve yourself now

That's making sense to me. Thanks for your input

Txgal555

girlinahat wrote: »

Txgal555 wrote: »

Txgal555 wrote: »

This week I have put my calories limit to be 1000 but iam not really sticking to it. Maybe for 2 days and other 2 days will be in 1200/1300 range. Iam trying to eat healthy and focus on weight loss. My question here is how bad is it. I try to consume around 50_75 g of protein daily , carb less than 100g and fat is less than 39 gram but normally I go over it on fat intake.

SW 110.9
CW 104.9
1st GW 95

Sorry I forgot to mention. Weigh is in Kg not pound

1000 is too low a target. It might be okay for the odd day for someone like me who's only 5foot, but even I try and never have a day below 1100.

If you are finding you have more days when you eat 12/1300 then I would stick to that as your daily target. Not sure how your macros can add up though.

Good luck on the weight loss and great idea to have small interim goals. Have you taken measurements too? They are often a great way of seeing loss even if the scale is frustrating.

I think I should try to go for 1500 or 1400 by iam really not sure if it's going to work with me. But I will give it a try.

I don't take measurements I just keep checking smaller size of jeans from time to time. Less frustrating for me.

sarac1964

Do some research on low-carb high-fat diets. I eat between 1000 and 1200 calories a day, under 25 grams of carbs, and 70-80 grams of protein. The remaining calories come from fat, about 50-60% calories from fat each day. Not only am I losing weight, but I am not hungry. It is a common misconception that eating fat makes you fat, the truth is eating carbs makes you fat.

ValerieMartini2Olives

sarac1964 wrote: »

Do some research on low-carb high-fat diets. I eat between 1000 and 1200 calories a day, under 25 grams of carbs, and 70-80 grams of protein. The remaining calories come from fat, about 50-60% calories from fat each day. Not only am I losing weight, but I am not hungry. It is a common misconception that eating fat makes you fat, the truth is eating carbs makes you fat.

Lolz

macgurlnet

sarac1964 wrote: »

Do some research on low-carb high-fat diets. I eat between 1000 and 1200 calories a day, under 25 grams of carbs, and 70-80 grams of protein. The remaining calories come from fat, about 50-60% calories from fat each day. Not only am I losing weight, but I am not hungry. It is a common misconception that eating fat makes you fat, the truth is eating carbs makes you fat.

You were doing so well....but the bolded is all wrong.

OP - definitely eat more. If I'm doing the math right, your TDEE is around 2200 calories with minimal activity. 1200 calories would give you ~2 lb (1kg)/week for weight loss. No need to go lower than that

I would recommend setting MFP for 0.5kg/week loss and eat that number (if there's a 0.75kg/week option, that may be fine, too). Recalculate your calories every 10 pounds or so. If you do any exercise, log it and eat back 50% of the calories.

If possible, pick up a food scale and weigh solid foods (including pre-packaged stuff) in grams. This helps ensure your food logging is accurate. And make sure the entry you choose for your food diary contains the same info as you see on the package for nutrition info.



~Lyssa

singingflutelady

Txgal555 wrote: »

Txgal555 wrote: »

This week I have put my calories limit to be 1000 but iam not really sticking to it. Maybe for 2 days and other 2 days will be in 1200/1300 range. Iam trying to eat healthy and focus on weight loss. My question here is how bad is it. I try to consume around 50_75 g of protein daily , carb less than 100g and fat is less than 39 gram but normally I go over it on fat intake.

SW 110.9
CW 104.9
1st GW 95

Sorry I forgot to mention. Weigh is in Kg not pound

Oh OK. I though you were talking lbs. You scared me!

sunnybeaches105

Good advice in here. Good luck, OP!

jessef593

sarac1964 wrote: »

Do some research on low-carb high-fat diets. I eat between 1000 and 1200 calories a day, under 25 grams of carbs, and 70-80 grams of protein. The remaining calories come from fat, about 50-60% calories from fat each day. Not only am I losing weight, but I am not hungry. It is a common misconception that eating fat makes you fat, the truth is eating carbs makes you fat.

Oh man. Id like to point out that even on a deficit I eat +300g of carbs a day and some days even higher, doing that I still have no problem hitting 9% body fat.

On a surplus I eat upwards of 400g of carbs a day and maintain my leanness for quite some time before I notice any significant fat gains.

Even still OP, 1000 calories is very low. Try upping then by at least 300, you'll notice a huge gain in energy and willingness to continue. If you plateau and stop losing, simply add in abit more exercise acouple times a week. I can guarantee you have time for it, you just have to find it/make it.